Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-12

schools.
 It was characteristic of Beecher that when his father remonstrated with him for marry ing so young he said: ''I will marry her if we have only the north side of corn cob to live on"
 The suppression by the German govern ment of over two hundred musical associa- tions and fifty other societies in Alsace- Lorraine, upon the allegation that they were constituted on the basis of opposition to Germany, is not 8 peaceful symptom.
 The son of John Brown follows his contri button to the Charleston earthquake fund with hearty letter approving the turning it over to the Confederate home. He says that when the non-combatants of the war have passed away there will be little left of the 'sbloody chasm," and that the men who fought each other can now fully comprehend the meaning of the word fraternity.
 Jay Gould is philosopher. In his view 8 man who has met with modest success in life should be content and not engage in any thing outside of his old business. Those who do, he says, "are apt to get the great head.' That is the beginning of their com plete overthrow" And, anyhow, at his (Gould's) time of life a man ought to be sat- isfed eff he has got little property to- gether."
 General Brialmont, celebrated Belgian military engineer, has made 8 stir by con- demning the elaborate Notifications about Ruobarast in Roumania Hia raaaone ara based upon the destructive force of the new compound called melanite. There is prob- ably nothing in Europe in the way of forti6- cations, save at Metz and Antwerp, that can rival Bucharest; and, if the Belgian general can be trusted, the whole system of modern rampant defense must be remodeled. The Paris reports that the drummers and trumpeters of the German army are hard at work learning the beats and calls of the French troops. It also alleges that in many engagements of the war of 1870 the con- mand to cease firing was often given to the French infantry by German buglers, and that the command to halt, sounded by the same buglers, often stopped a charge of French cavalry and placed them in posi-
 
 The Missouri senate has passed a bill which is calculated to reduce the walking delegate to his lowest terms This bill makes it felony for anyone, by threats or violence, to induce an employe to quit work and the punishment provided is imprison- ment in the penitentiary for from two to five years. For the offense of using the same violent means to prevent one from accepting employment the punishment is imprison- ment in the county jail and fine of from $100 to $1,000.
 Since the London fre-engine establishment was founded to December 31, 1886, there have been 66, 15S fires in London. Of these 9,397 have occurred on Sundays, 9,0S5 on Mondays, 9,5S7 on Tuesdays, 9,632 on We'd nesdays, 9,538 on Thursdays, 9,243 on Fri days, and 9,676 on Saturdays Dividing the 66, 158 fires among the months it is found that 5,S00 have occurred in January, 4,997 in February, 5,557 in March, 5,0S7 in April, 5,533 in May, 5,496 in June, 5,821 in July, 5,620 in August, 5,256 in September, 5,025 in October, 5.505 in November, 6,261 in De- cember. Most fires appear to take place during the hottest and coldest months of the year. The numbers given are exclusive of false alarms and chimney fires.
 A bill before the legislature of this State requires all dentists who begin practice in